On 9/14/06, Dr. Mike Antoni <man...@miami.edu> wrote:
> I think every other Thursday would work well for rehearsals and for those
> who cannot make it they would have to know the tunes by gig time
>
>
> on 9/14/06 4:49 PM, Kirsten, David [CPB] at david....@citigroup.com
> wrote:
>
> > Mystery Folks:
> >
> > Interesting points in the past few messages. I agree with Darren. While our
> > performance was less than perfect, it was still a crowd pleaser. As Howard
> > noted earlier, audiences rarely notice the little glitches that drive us
> > crazy.
> >
> > We definitely need to continue to expand the repetoire and learn new tunes.
> > Unfortunately, we're all busy professionals and it's nearly impossible to get
> > the entire group together to rehearse. We have enough trouble getting together
> > for gigs!
> >
> > However, I believe the concept of turning down gigs in order to carve out
> > rehearsal time is circular logic. The gigs are the reason we rehearse.
> > Remember - the Beatles honed their skills hacking away in Hamburg at the
> > Cavern Club. If it worked for the Fab Four, it can work for the "Great
> > Eight"!
> >
> > Perhaps, rather than trying to throw together rehearsals at the last minute,
> > we should carve out a steady rehearsal schedule. Every other Thursday?
> > Once a month?
> >
> > Your thoughts???
> >
> > See ya'll tomorrow night!
> >
> > Dave
>
>
>
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Jackie Tutiven